DAY 1 HAGLEY MUSEUM Start your tour at Hagley Museum, where the du Pont story begins in the Brandywine Valley. Hagley is situated on 235 acres along the banks of the Brandywine River in Wilmington, Delaware. It is the site of the gunpowder works founded by E.I. du Pont in 1802. This unique example of early American industry and innovation features restored mills, a worker’s community, and the ancestral home and gardens of the du Pont family – Eleutherian Mills. Adjoining the home is the restored French-style garden created by E.I. du Pont, an avid botanist. hagley.org WINTERTHUR MUSEUM, GARDEN & LIBRARY Enjoy a visit to Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. Henry Francis du Pont founded Winterthur Museum; he was born at Winterthur and is responsible for the unparalleled collection of American decorative arts housed there. The estate features over 90,000 objects made or used in America between approximately 1640 and 1860. Items are displayed in the magnificent 175 - room home, much as it was when the du Pont family lived there. The unique displays throughout the Museum reflect specific media including furniture, ceramics and glass, metals, textiles, and paintings and prints. Winterthur is set amidst a 1000 - acre preserve of meadows, streams. woodlands and naturalistic gardens. Tour both the museum and the gardens on the seasonal garden tram. Wrap up your visit with lunch at Winterthur’s Café. winterthur.org NEMOURS ESTATE Explore the magnificent Nemours Estate of Alfred I. du Pont, a 47,000 sq. ft. mansion and surrounding formal gardens furnished with fine antiques, famous works of art, beautiful tapestries, and other treasures. The grounds surrounding the mansion extend for one third of a mile along the main vista from the house and are among the finest examples of French-style gardens in the United States. Highlights of this extraordinary garden include: the Temple of Love, featuring a life-sized statue of Diana the Huntress cast by Jean-Antoine Houdon in 1780 and a one-acre reflecting pool with 157 jets. nemoursestate.org LONGWOOD GARDENS Experience Longwood Gardens, the world’s premier horticultural display garden, founded by Pierre S. du Pont. Situated on 1,077 acres, Longwood features 20 outdoor gardens, a breathtaking four-acre conservatory and architectural grandeur. Built in 1919, the conservatory is one of the world’s great greenhouse structures. Longwood Gardens is an oasis of beauty with awe- inspiring displays and events for every season. Longwood is home to north America’s most significant fountain collection. The highlight of this collection is the Main Fountain Garden which features 1,719 jets soaring as high as 175 feet. This evening, take in a spectacular illuminated fountain performance. longwoodgardens.org DAY 2 JENKINS ARBORETUM Stately arboretums offer a nod to Pennsylvania, translated to “Penn’s Woods.” Jenkins Arboretum and Garden is one of Pennsylvania’s major horticultural and environmental assets. It preserves and nurtures 46 acres of natural environment; showcasing native trees, shrubs, rhododendrons, azaleas, laurels, ferns, and wildflowers. Explore paved walkways through native woodland, comprehensive plant, and tree labels with self-guided map tours. jenkinsarboretum.org TERRAIN GREENHOUSE CAFÉ Lunch at Terrain’s Greenhouse Café is the perfect complement to a garden theme. Seasonally changing menus to reflect the freshest local produce, meats, dairy alongside hand-crafted beverages are on the delectable menu. Served in an environment invoking the outdoors, the charming décor matches the local fresh menu. After lunch, shop at adjoining Terrain Gift Shop and Anthropologie. shopterrain.com/pages/devon-restaurant WHARTON ESHERICK MUSEUM Wharton Esherick, known as the Dean of American craftsmen, was a sculptor who worked primarily in wood. He molded furniture, interiors, and buildings- creating unique sculptural environments. His work can be seen today in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York among others. His hilltop studio/residence remains one of his most creative endeavors. The studio is a National Historic Landmark for Architecture and became the Wharton Esherick Museum in 1972, featuring more than 200 of his works on exhibition. whartonesherickmuseum.org BRANDYWINE MUSEUM OF ART Visit Brandywine Museum of Art, an art treasure known internationally for its collections of works by the Wyeth family as well as a fine collection American illustration, still life and landscapes. Tour three generations of the Wyeth’s family art from famed illustrator N.C. Wyeth to Andrew and Jamie his son and grandson. A tour of the Wyeth homestead and N.C. Wyeth Studio plus Andrew Wyeth’s Studio is an added delight April through November. brandywine.org/museum PORTABELLOS KENNETT SQUARE Enjoy the region’s specialty for dinner– mushrooms! The charming town of Kennett Square is known as The Mushroom Capital as over 60% of the nation’s crop hails from the region. Dinner at Portabello’s of Kennett Square is a special treat as the freshest mushrooms and other local bounty are always on the menu. portabellosofkennettsquare.com ITINERARY
